Management Team

Mr. Talwar has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board since February 2022. He previously served in various capacities at Foot Locker starting in 2016, including as Chief Executive Officer of Foot Locker’s Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) business from January 2019 to January 2022, where he oversaw all operational functions including finance, marketing, merchandising, and the in-store customer experience, as President – Digital (Global) from March 2018 to January 2019 and President – Digital, FootLocker.com from September 2016 to March 2018. During his tenure at Foot Locker, he transformed the retailer’s direct-to-consumer platform as Global President of Digital. Before Foot Locker, Mr. Talwar served as CEO, CFO and President of International, for online jewelry retailer Blue Nile Inc., where he was credited with the startup and expansion of its international business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Talwar held various executive roles within Nike, Inc., Sears, Bain & Company and Deloitte & Touche LLP. He sits on the Board of Directors of Dunelm Group Plc, a British home furnishings retailer. Mr. Talwar holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Masters in Accounting from the University of Miami, and a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Findlay.

Mr. Shah has served as our General Counsel since February 2018 and Secretary since November 2020. From August 2010 until April 2017, Mr. Shah served in various positions at Zynga Inc., a game development company, most recently as General Counsel, Secretary and Senior Vice President. Prior to Zynga, Mr. Shah served as General Counsel and Associate General Counsel at UTStarcom, a telecommunications company, Senior Corporate Counsel at Longs Drugs Inc., and Corporate Counsel at Chiron Corporation, a biotechnology company. Mr. Shah began his career as an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP. Mr. Shah holds a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in engineering from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Ms. Liu has served as Chief Financial Officer since November 2021. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Shutterfly, Inc., from April 2020 to November 2021, where she played a critical role in helping Shutterfly navigate the pandemic, while transforming the business to achieve accelerated topline growth and EBITDA improvement. Prior to joining Shutterfly, Ms. Liu served as CFO and SVP at the printing and imaging solution company, Lexmark International, from July 2017 to April 2020 and had previously been VP of Finance, Enterprise BG at the global information and technology company, Huawei Technology Inc. Prior to Huawei, Ms. Liu spent eight years at Cisco Systems, Inc. where she held a number of senior finance positions. Earlier in her career, Ms. Liu held finance positions with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte & Touche LLP. She began her career at China Merchants Bank in Shanghai, China. Ms. Liu sits on the board of directors of Expensify, an expense management software company. Ms. Liu holds an M.B.A from the University of Washington and a B.A. from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She is a chartered financial analyst and a certified public accountant.

Mr. Kassaei has served as our Chief Technology Officer since July 2021. He previously served as Senior Director of Software Engineering at Google, from September 2017 to June 2021, where he oversaw the development and roll-out of commerce capabilities across its core product suite, including Google Product Ads, Search, and YouTube. He also served in various other positions at Google since December 2014, including leading Google Shopping Logistics and overseeing engineering for Google Express. Mr. Kassaei previously spent more than 10 years at eBay Inc. where he held multiple leadership positions, including Chief Architect for the core marketplace. Mr. Kassaei founded eBay Identity Services and served on OIDF and OIX board of directors from 2011 to 2013. Earlier in his career, he led engineering teams in companies within the manufacturing and processing, and finance industries. Mr. Kassaei holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Mr. Jain has served as our Chief Product Officer since August 2021. He served as Director of Product Management at Google from May 2017 to August 2021. At Google, he incubated and led the development of Discovery Ads, bringing inspirational and engaging commercial ad experiences to YouTube, Gmail and Discover. Prior to joining Google, Mr. Jain played a key role at Flipkart, as Senior Director of Product Management and Head of Product Ads from November 2015 to May 2017, driving customer growth at Flipkart through the roll out of a series of personalization and merchandising solutions. He also led the development of several innovative payment solutions to enhance business performance. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jain led product teams at Twitter and Microsoft. He holds an M.B.A. from the Indian School of Business and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Mr. Liu has served as our Chief Data Officer since February 2022. He previously served as our Vice President of Data Science since August 2020 and as our Director of Data Science since September 2019. Prior to joining us, Mr. Liu served as Data Science Manager at Airbnb, an online rental company, from August 2015 until August 2017, and Data Science Lead until September 2019. Earlier in his career, Mr. Liu was a research scientist at PARC, a Xerox company. Mr. Liu holds a Bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University, a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in Industrial and System Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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